TEN Transport Evolved News Episode 534:- BYD's Coming After Legacy Automakers (And Tesla!)

Welcome to today’s show! Today, EV owners see the cost to drive electric soar thanks to President Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill;" some automakers pull back on EV plans as a result; and Chinese automaker BYD shows its latest affordable offering aimed at taking on legacy automakers in Europe. These stories and more on today’s show! — Here are today’s sponsors: - Electric Vehicle Association: https://www.myeva.org - EnergySage: https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 — Get involved: - https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources — Support the show: - Patreon membership with code “MARCH2025” for 25% discount: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved - Buy the team a coffee or meal: https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved - Join the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved - Buy TE Exclusive swag: https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ - Donate Bitcoin to our wallet BC: 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH — Interact with the show: - Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show - Discord: https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn - BSky: https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social Subscribe to Transport Evolved Take2: https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 — Help support the channel (if using Amazon): - Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/40xOyjm — 00:00 - Intro + Sponsor Call Outs 00:30 - Welcome! :00:37 BlueOval SK rumored to be about to start producing cells for Nissan as Ford demand slows 01:42 - Honda lowers its EV investment significantly 02:48 - BMW CEO criticizes EV mandates 04:09 - Stellantis dramatically revises EV lineup in the US 05:17 - Lexus details more about its new electric ES variants 06:13 - BYD Dolphin Surf launches in Europe 07:12 - Xiaomi comes out and reveals the YU7 08:22 - Nissan Micra debuts 09:14 - The U.S. Government sends a sledgehammer through EVs 11:00 - The U.S. Government polices and sternly warns about grid resiliency 11:57 - Sponsor Segment: Energy Sage 13:07 - F150 Lightning tops electric truck sales 13:29 - Toyota confirms the BZ4X Tourer for Europe 13:49 - BYD chooses Budapest for its European headquarters 14:07 - Stagecoach celebrates its first all-electric bus depot and fleet in Stockton-on-Tees 14:25 - Oakland Airport welcomes its first electric shuttle busses 14:43 - Royal Mail welcomes its 7,000th electric delivery vehicle 14:58 - Mitsubishi pulls out of investing in Ampere 15:17 - BC pauses its ‘Go Electric:’ program 15:32 - Berlin’s Federal Institute for Materials Research develops a solid-state battery 15:53 - Lion Electric may get a last-minute saviour 16:10 - BYD to build a charging network in Pakistan 16:28 - Tata opens its new Mega Chargers in India 16:48 - BYD unveils the e7 in China 17:08 - Gotion starts pilot solid-state battery production 17:27 - CATL unveils a new battery swapping standard for electric trucks 17:49 - UL opens a new testing facility in Germany 18:07 - Genesis G80 gets tweaked for 2026 18:25 - Nikola Stock is being auctioned off 18:42 - Tesla owners are trading in for Cadillac EVs 19:02 - Waffle House, BP Pulse, signs DC charger deal 19:19 - FirdBust introduces its first converted bus 19:38 - CATL opens its latest battery factory 19:54 - Fiat Professional unveils an electric 3-wheeled Ape equivalent 20:13 - Renault unveils a 4x4 Renault 4 concept 20:29 - Volvo trucks celebrate Australian expansion 20:44 - Hyundai announces a new factory 21:02 - BMW testing solid-state batteries in its i7 21:22 - Volvo adding Google Gemini AI to its EVs 21:43 - Volkswagen to drop ID from its EV names 22:01 - Volkswagen promises an FWD Golf GTi EV 22:23 - Wisk Aero, NASA, working on autonomous flight regulations 22:41 - Hi-Phi returns 22:59 - A Hyundai worker dies at a battery factory 23:16 - Halifax, NS, adds electric buses to its fleet 23:34 - Autonomous battery mining trucks enter service in Mongolia 23:51 - Fortum launches a new “battery Box” to aid safe recycling 24:09 - Blink lays off more staff 24:26 - The Trump Administration green lights an offshore wind project it previously paused 24:44 - Volvo Trucks confirms FH Aero 25:01 - VW has made progress with CO² goals 25:18 - YASA opens its first UK axial-flux motor super factory 25:35 - CATL makes its IPO, raising a lot of money 26:02 - Support The Channel! 27:29 - Chevrolet kills the Silverado EV RST, adds a Trail Boss variant 28:27 - New robotic charging systems could make EVs more accessible 29:43 - Thanks, and goodbye!